Within Our Gates

Abandoned by her fiancé, an educated black woman with a shocking past dedicates herself to helping a near bankrupt school for impoverished black youths.

A hard-working young man meets and falls in love with his sister's bridesmaid. He soon finds out how disturbed she really is.

Damon Vincenti, a young vineyard worker, has a beautiful tenor voice and dreams of becoming a great opera singer. He debuts at Lardelli's Italian restaurant in San Francisco, where he is spotted by Kendall Hale, a society girl who enjoys launching young artists while making them her lovers before dumping them after use. Damon is no exception to the rule: he becomes famous but Kendall leaves him abruptly. He feels so affected that he must give up singing. In Mexico, where he has got back in touch with his inner self, Damon meets Juana Montès.They are happy and get married. But Kendall is still around...

A businessman's desire to protect his corrupt son's fortune leads to tragedy.

In the depth of the Depression, Sol Glass has the idea that the girls in the stenographic department should be used to entertain the clients. It seems that the clients are tiring of the regular hard-and-fast women, and this would be a change that would allow the girls to go out to dinners and see shows. Tom does not want his fiancée Flo, to go out with clients--until he needs her to close a contract with Daniel. After that, she finds that Tom is two-timing her with Birdie, so she goes out again with Daniel. Everything is going well for a time until Daniel needs her to close a contract with Haines.

A toreador's (Rudolph Valentino) familial and social life is threatened when he has an affair.